One of the important things to understand about Alejandro is that he doesn't work for the CIA. He works with the CIA. His actual employers are the Colombian Cartels who have CIA connections and mutual antipathy for the Mexican Cartels. He is an actual Sicario. That's why the film is titled Sicario.
I would say it's one of the most important things about the movie in general, because without that, a huge motivator for Emily Blunt's character is removed (her disdain for Brolin and Del Toro). She signed up on principle to destroy the cartels only to find out that she's being used in order to play political chess. It also adds a dose of cynical realism to be reminded that our government has done shit like this before and will continue to.
not according to the movie, they make it pretty clear that he pretends to work for anyone that will unleash him but at the end of the day takes orders from no one.
Yeah It's been a while since I've watched Sicario, and I was kinda confused in the video, I thought him being a lawyer was just a cover up. He was in cartel and Mexicans killed his family. Can someone type the full story about Alejandro? Who is he actually?
Funny thing: they filmed Sicario here in the outskirts of Mexico City, because they did NOT want to risk filming anywhere near the US-Mexico border, SPECIALLY Ciudad Juárez.
They did film parts of the film in El Paso, near the border. You can clearly see a "Church" on top of a hill, which is famous due to a urban legend saying that a witch lives there. Also my family lives at the bottom of the hill.
@@Lorentz_Drivercrazy...I was taught if you put a single word in quotations, the period follows the quotation mark. I just looked it up and you are correct. I've been lied to half my damn life...
Reminds me of a quote from the Vince Flynn CIA clandestine service character, Mitch Rapp. “I don’t believe in revenge. I choose retribution. Revenge is more wild, less calculated...deeply personal. Retribution is a punishment that is morally right and fully deserved.” Roughly.
@@WaldoIsMissing Imagine spending your life letting someone hijack and squat inside your mind like that... One of the more dangerous and self destructive feminine tendencies that many men sadly possess, and even glorify in their confusion. If you need to get revenge on somebody, that means YOU already f*cked up somewhere along the way first.
Part of what makes this movie clever is the fact that it’s a story about Alejandro, but told from Kate’s (Emily Blunt) perspective. It was a creative way for the narrative keep its cards close to the chest until the big reveal at the end. I watched this one recently on one of my streaming services and it quickly became one of my favorites as well.
My favorite exchange is right before Alejandro goes to “waterboard” the Cartel Lieutenant, he runs into his former lawyer buddy in the hallway, who tells him “I’m sorry for what happened to you.” It’s easy to assume he meant what happened with Alejandro’s family, until you see him smoke the entire cartel boss’s kids. Upon further reflection, maybe that’s what he really meant, the monster that grief turned him into. I love double meanings like that.
Wow. That was really astute. Even if it wasn't intended by the film's story staff, it's a powerful interpretation. I totally wouldn't have put that together in a million years.
I always understood that Alejandro is killing the family to break the cycle of vengeance. If he leaves the kids alive they will just grow up to avenge their dad, and Alejandro obviously knows the lengths that vengeance will drive people too.
I think it’s less that and more that it needs to look like a cartel hit and not a professional CIA hit. Granted idk what the difference between those would look like but everything they did in these movies was to cause fighting between the cartels. It’s not about his vengeance as much as his vengeance is being used by the Agency. Alejandro’s vengeance is just the cherry on top for the Agency lol
I work in casino security for southern Nevada/Northern Arizona. Only in the last few years have we becomes armed security. An increase in drug use and related violence has made it necessary and it surprises a lot of the guests. Just a couple weeks ago we had a group of people squatting in a room with multiple baggies of assorted drugs, including fentanyl. The world is changing faster and faster each day.
19:03 Please note that the 2015 Sicario movie may be taking place in the mid 2000's. Take a look at the Tahoe Convoy. Also refer to the kits and weapon mods. Also the fashion. Alejandros glasses etc. Fast forward to the second movie and everyone looks much older. Newer kits. Newer cars. Better tech. Modern fashion. Matt also states how the first method dint work when he was getting briefed by SECDEF. He stated that the game has changed from drugs to people (People modern day, Drugs up until late 2010's). I think these specific reasons is why the "drip" isnt good in 2015 Sicario. It's because people were still rocking beefy kits and Milspec M4's with older Eotechs/Aimpoints. Nobody was on the FAST gear trend yet. Please tell me if im wrong. Just a theory. @administrativeresults
That was my take, GWAT in Iraq 04-07 we had chunky gear. Aside from fast companies and recon passing through, most of us looked like shit. Brand new A4s, ACOGs and PEQ2s and Interceptor Vests with ultra heavy plates.... AT4s and torn up saws way past their service life. I don't know if the NVGs or the plates were the worst part but it wasn't good, gen 1 SAAPIs were retarded and the NVGs were 14 or 7Bs and the bulk were the cyclops that ruined both eyes for one narrow picture. Oh brand new boots that were slick on the bottom, that was great when wading through street sewage in "underprivileged areas".
But some of the d boys have magpul rails and also in the mid 2000s they would be wearing lbt or eagle industries vests instead of the offbrand crye vests also they would wear those mich helmets and spray deasert painted pro tec helmets (rarley the seals did it more) instead of the ops core helmet also seen in the nvg scene also they would mostly wear aor1 and dcu camo they wore raid mod bdu tops crye g1 and crye ac uniforms but in the movie they wore offbrand airsoft multicam acu uniforms and the nvgs are off completely delta was using dual tube nvgs in the 90s nothing really alludes to it being in the 2000s other than the basic sopmod m4s used in the movie but delta was already using 416s by then
the main thing with Alejandro gillick is that his life was so torn apart by the cartel that his mind stopped thinking about civilian life . he took his life and his main story is not working 9-5 and living the normal life , but to find and eliminate every enemy by his own ethos . its like creating a monster and unleashing him on the ones that made him that monster . look about his moral code , there is no right or wrong there is a clear goal . even after he took down the cartel boss he continued on to finish off everything they represent . --- the reason he cleaned out his family is that without emotions or moral involved he knows that the enterprise will live on with his family so he killed the entire wolf pack .
They did have a spin off show for Steve. It was called "Burn Notice" and it was possibly the coolest show ever. Steve's real name is actually Michael Weston, he was obviously operating under an alias during the events of Sicario!
There was a video breakdown that Larry vickers did on his channel of this film. When they introduced the delta operators he pointed out that the actors were most likely taught by seals advisors due to their kit, mainly that they were using drop leg holsters vs low riding holsters, and the overall movements and tactics used.
It’s a low ride belt holster, they should sit right under your plate carrier armor enough to draw without hitting your armor. A drop leg is literally a “holster dropped down to your leg.”
Amazing video, watched it all in one sitting. If you're accepting recommendations i would love to hear your take on The Way of the Gun, it's one of my favourites 😊
I have encountered FBI Agents in my 20 years before I retired. I wasn’t impressed. The first one showed up at our Border Patrol station in a tropical shirt, Bermuda shorts,, a hat and a fag bag, because we arrested a Cuban. He announced in a whiny voice announced, “Does anyone speak Spanish?” This was back in the OG days when speaking Spanish meant you were still employed. I replied in a History of the World reply, “No!-vee all speak French!” My second encounter was when I was an ICE (later reprimanded HSI)SSA on a VCAS Fusion team dealing with illegal gangs. I was summoned to the FBI puzzle palace and wasn’t even given the courtesy of being allowed past the past the general entrance. This guy was dressed okay, not Agent Smith from the matrix suit or anything. He wanted to pump me for MS-13 intelligence about them moving into Northern NM. 1. There were a lot of neighborhoods filled with groups in the 100’s (not MS-13). 2. If there were, I wasn’t going to hand it over to this clown who didn’t give me the courtesy as another SSA, nor do the FBI stretch of patting himself on the back based on my work. Long story short, having watched the X-Files when they were out, I was sorely unimpressed with reality.
One thing that makes Sicario so good is how plausible and grounded it really is. Based on the events in the movie and what occurs, it would be reasonable for the US government to respond the way it does in the movie. The characters within the movie are the little gears in the big machine.
True criminal justice only exists in a monoculture without corruption. Even our rudimentary concept of "justice" in the United States functionally amounts to the victim(s) of a crime literally paying - through taxes - for the offending party to be placed in a glorified version of "time out". In the real world - full of plea deals and activist players in the judicial system - justice can only be achieved through more direct means. That being said, I already know exactly what I would do should some degenerate take my wife and son from me; what the movie depicts here isn't even in the same ballpark. It helps to fear neither God, Satan, nor any man.
Secario is a trick movie. We are meant to think it’s Kate’s story, but it’s actually Alejandro’s story all along, as seen through Kate’s eyes. Kate tells us Alejandro’s tale from the point of view of an honest cop, shocked and ultimately broken by the experience. That’s why it’s a great movie.
Admin you may not be able to find a UMP 45 buried under the Arizona sun but knowing the city well, I almost guarantee there's a few Draco's out there under the sand.
What about in the…Narcan? No ones going to be doing or possess whats marked Narcan willingly. There on display in government marked buildings near me, you?
Made my family watch it while rained in one day on vacation. Paused it every time someone got up. They were like "you don't have to stop it". And I was like "No, we'll wait"... I get serious about making others watch quality flicks in their entirety. This vid is greatly appreciated.
@@aidenarkhami would just turn off the movie,its highly disrespectful and shows somebody dont care about the movie and your taste. But i dont hangout with people that dont share my interests anyway except women (pump and dump)
I have a feeling that simply thinking in terms of “what would you do if your family was killed” doesn’t quite cover having your kid melted in acid while she’s alive. I’m pretty sure anyone would do monstrous things to the ones responsible after that. Alejandro was way too lenient and merciful with the speed he did what he did.
An interesting exchange from the first one was at the end when Alejandro tells Kate she needs to move to a small town where the law still matters. Kind of encapsulates her philosophy as an idealist
I like the subtle hint of colors Kate was in the lit side of the room While Alejandro was in the dark side It shows their differences Kate is an honest law enforcer and Idealist While Alejandro was once a honest prosecutor Who became a sicario because of what happened to his family.
The cartels were operating in the Border City I worked in the Border Patrol. The signature hit were full auto AK’s and they didn’t give an F day or night. They just lit up some hood mule for loosing weed. Sadly, they also hit some of the SOG guys I detailed with when they were running a UC vehicle. The brass tried to keep it on the DL, just like when the Mexican Military crossed in a high drug area into the United States with full on weapons of war. The SRT guys ambushed them. Billy Boy Clinton ordered them released and allowed to cross back over the Rio Grande with all their heavy weapons to shoot at Agents on a different day. The brass lied to the media, who were corrupted anyway.
Fun fact, Steve did have his own show. After the events of Sicario he got burned by the CIA and had to spend his 'retirement' in Florida dealing with his mother.
Idk why but cartel movies are always bangers. Sicario 1&2, A Man Apart, Man on Fire... Triple Frontier had so much potential but they goofed up the plot
On the subject of morality, i know a guy who lived some very similar things to alejandro, but he went the other path, and built a new family and now his profession is one of healing pain. The life he lost and the tragedy of losing a family didnt stop him, and now, with a new family and countless people blessed by what he does in very tangible ways. He arguably defeated a much hard beast to conquer, the man is a hero. I find it an interesting parody.
Honestly Jeffrey Donovan( Steve Forsing) is what drew me to this movie. Grew up watching Burn Notice, granted it had it's faults, but was overall a good series. Jeffrey Is a great actor who's gone through struggles.
First saw him on, what would eventually became my most fave war film; When Trumpets Fade. So it's an odd surprise to stumble onto him seeing movies like Sicario 1 & 2, and Wrath of Man.
This movie was so underrated and was phenomenal. Vickers actually does a break down on realism of this movie. Appreciate doing another break down brother man!
This is one of my favorite videos that you’ve done, admin. I watched another YT video a few days ago about Sicario, basically detailing the fact that Alejandro is the protagonist, even though the majority of the story is told from Kate’s perspective. I like the bar scene where Kate meets Shane, mainly because of the song playing in the background, Half Empty by Keith Gattis. ‘There’s somethin bout the whiskey, it goes down good with Haggard songs, yeah this glass might be half empty, oh but it won’t be for long”. Great tune that I can’t find streaming anywhere. Nice job again, admin.
Thinking Kate is annoying in Sicario is weird to me personally, i feel she is too naive yes but that is her role, a straight honest cop being confronted with the harsh reality of the drug war. Loved the video regardless!
Exactly, she’s representative of the naivety of believing the system is right and just, when in reality behind the curtain the government is just as evil, ruthless, and disgusting as the cartels. It’s the dream of a wise noble system versus the ugly reality
I live vicariously through these movies. As one who worked undercover in the "War On Drugs" you have no idea how much I wanted to go full Scicario. Alas, I admit we have lost this war. The state I live in has essentially decriminalized the very drugs I was trying to get off the streets. It was very frustrating. But, I enjoyed these movies and others. Being a grandfather I am trying to influence my grandchildren the best I can. Two are in college across the country so don't have much contact with them but one is close, and young. His parents are anti-gun but I've been given permission to teach him! He got a Red Ryder for Christmas. He loves helping me reload. Maybe there is hope.
Hold fast pops, don't despair or give up all hope on the youth (at least not yet anyways); I see stuff happening all the time, almost every single day which not only greatly frustrates, confuses and/or discourages me, but most of all, leaves me with the strong feelings of very little to virtually no hope or optimism for our newer, up & coming younger generation(s)... but every now & then I come across someone such as yourself, and that, coupled with how I raise my kids and now seeing how they're turning out, are the very things that leave me optimistic & positive that there is perhaps still valid hope for us & them... stay steady, keep doing exactly what you're doing... that's all guys like us really can do. Oh and btw... the very first "firearm" I ever got as a kid, and subsequently got for my son when he was old enough, was precisely that sir: a Red Ryder .177 cal lever-action BB gun. Ahh... a man after my own heart! Stay frosty, and Semper Fi sir. Weapons Free
The war on drugs was doomed from the start. There’s no way to police morality, people want what they want. As long as there is demand there will be a cartel
Sounds like the "parents" are some card carrying dingleberries. Sorry, not sorry. Guns are tools, and nothing more. If theyre anti-gun, they better be anti-sword, anti-axe, anti-baseball bat, anti-hatchet, anti bow and arrow, etc. Sorry, probably one of them is your kid, but i refuse to let my children ve qeak or ignorant. If they wish to bot own a gun? Thats on them, and i will give them an earful over it. But to be literally "anti-gun"? Id have major issues with that. I cant expect my 40lb daighter to beat up 40lb boys in her class, i should expect her to beat em up wheb shes 120 and theyre 250+? Gun rigthts are womens rights. Guns are the ONLY thing that has actually kept america safe from invasion until this recent "passive" invasion thats being done. I mean f*ck, in the 80-90s you could afford to be anti-gun, there was a good chanc nothing bad will happen to you. Nowadays? Nah. Im not letting my family drop off like that. And if someone should happen to hurt them at some point, it will get handled one way or another.
Interesting perspective r.e. the Delta gear breakdown…however as the team are operating incognito they wouldn’t want to look ‘Delta’ with all the Gucci kit. Hence they’d probably be running kit that doesn’t scream ‘top tier’ government unit? IDK just my opinion
they Look like Tier 1 fucking Operators , think of Us Navy Seal and a green beret ? there squared away and funded and there tier 2 SOF , if they got Quad Nods and look sexier than a Sof element , seals , Sarcs , Eod , swccs, Rangers , green berets , Pjs if they look better than those guys there tier 1s 😂 but sometomes it woilf be the last guy in the room youd auspect hea a deadly elite assasin
I watched the first twenty minutes of this video and then stopped to watch BOTH Sicario movies back to back before I finished this. Glad I did. Excellent films!
one point you didnt touch on with how hardcore steve was is when they watched alejandro get shot from the blackhawk (because they were going to smoke him themselves) you can see how it fucked with matt and steve just says "cool saved us the work" and isn't bothered at all.
When promotional material came out for Sicario 2 I had zero expectations that it would be any good. The trailers made it look like a formula action movie and cash grab. I watched it anyway and, while it was not as good as the first, it was waaay better than I expected. Worth it, imo.
You are doing such a great job. Looks like, your movie reviews are getting better than your gun reviews. Besides, the love and emotion you put into both of them is really incredible. It’s obvious you’re just doing what you really want to do. All the best for you and your family. Sending my deepest respect to you from Germany.
Steve forsing character is based off William F. "Bill" Cronin III who is in the picture of security detail during Operation Desert Storm. He began his career with the United States Army serving with Special Forces units, including close to 15 years with Delta Force. Mike vinning also stated this, sorry to poke holes love your content
Thank you for saying this as well. I've comment this same thing. Cronin gets mistaken for Vinny I feel because they both look un assuming and not intimidating. Although Mike was on the ground during desert storm he was not part of Schwarzkopf's security detail.
Cronin has dark black hair, Vining has sandy hair... But wear glasses and they get confused. It's the Clark Kent / Superman trick. They definitely look different in facial features too... And Vining smiles more.
Someone probably brought it up already but that character you speak of was actually William "Bill" Cronin he was the operator on that security deal getting off the bird.
Admin, I can't believe you got Jeff Donovan to host this episode. You're really making a name for yourself, and drawing great talent. Keep up the good work.
21:16 imagine you’re some dude trying to smuggle 60 Percs back over the border in grammas empty bottle and seeing ol’ Benicio tracking you with a plugged M4 whilst being tracked by a camera dolly. “Damn. Shoulda got 90.”
heres something fun to do.. watch "end of watch" then "sicario" then "triple frontier" then "sicario: day of the soldado" in that order. you're welcome! it makes for a unique kind of anthology series.
I fucking love the Sicario movies. I personally think the gear discrepancies were fixed more in the next movie as gun culture became more mainstream. Also side note about Mike Vinning, that picture of the Operators doing PSD around the helicopter is actually not him, just another guy who looked like him. Vinning and his friend Dennis Wolfe are considered the fathers of Special Operations EOD. Vinning is also, as far as I know, the only EOD tech to have a combat infantryman badge since when he came back to Delta, he changed his job in order to be promoted in the unit. All in all, great video my man, hope you do more of these!
As someone who lived in El Paso around the time, that is what we call another day in the neighborhood 😊 Great video by the way. Steve is a forever vibe.
Sad reality, and this is the way of the wolf logic in the first film,Alejandro killing the leader's wife and kids, is so one can be the new leader, wiping the bloodline off the slate, and so the kids can't get revenge on Alejandro.
Sicario holds the title of "Movie that changed my mind the most" and "Favorite shot in any film, ever, period, dot, full stop" for me. Sicario showed me that America no longer operates by its own rules, and has no problem lying to the public via plausible deniability in the aim of letting the intelligence apparatus run amok both inside and outside CONUS. My favorite shot from any movie, ever, is the sequence of the Delta operators lowering their IR goggles, one by one, descending into the darkness until every one of them submerges into it. *THAT* is filmmaking right there.
It took a movie for you to realize "America no longer operates by its own rules"? It wasn't Ruby Ridge, Waco, the D.A.R.E Bombing, MkUltra, COINTELPRO, Operation Mockingbird, no it wasn't any of that it was a fucking movie.
I also think Matt didn’t bring Reggie is because he was in the military and would have a good understanding of what a black ops type mission would look like if he went to Juarez with them but Kate wanted him to be there afterwards so Matt brought him.
I think Alejandro using SMGs through the movie as well as a lot of his kit being black is a subtle way of saying he was a police officer before becoming a prosecutor giving him a foundation for the CIA to improve on
At the end, when he held the gun to her head and forced her to sign that paper, I think he did that for her, so she could tell her self the only reason she did it was to survive. To help her alleviate some of the guilt.
I think Sicario 3 should be about Alejandro’s back story and then him training the kid to become an assassin prodigy.. and they hunt the cartels and purge evil together in the sweetest high speed kit and gear..
Before Alejandro goes into the house he get a callout that says " 6 targets remain " he takes out the guy at the door (1) He ignors the maid (2) kills the wife and two kids (5) then the final boss Falcrony (6) I always thought that was interesting that he left the maid alive
Man this is a scary review/analysis. I'm an older guy - not a "gun guy" by any means (though I acknowledge the need for such people in any society) - who loves Villeneuve's films and their moral ambiguity that doesn’t preach to you but lets YOU decide what you think about what you've seen and what it makes you feel. Villeneuve (also NOT a "gun guy") might take this as a compliment, but I'm struck by how many "gun guys" glory in the raw violence of Sicario (and in Alejandro's revenge) when all I see in the film is the futility of the so-called "war on drugs" and the human tragedy of the shell of a man that is Alejandro.
Kate was a key part of the movie. Sicario showed that there are no good guys in the war on drugs. Her role of being a morale compass and ultimately failing is the driver for that. Also a reference point for "normalcy" Its the reason it's not an 80's shoot 'em up and why the sequel wasn't as good without her in it.
Omg… the character that you are dressed like is my f’ing fave!!! The way he talks about the brilliance of what the cartels do… he’s a brilliant character that has a relatively small role, but it is so clear that he operates. Thanks for this awesome video!!!
Interestingly, that famous pic of the guy in the white shirt on Schwartzkofs security is not Mike Vinnig. Confirmed by the man himself to be a good friend of his, Bill Cronin. Fun fact most don’t know. They just have an uncanny resemblance.
The 2nd one was far superior. The helicopter extraction scene was so impactful because Matt Graver was getting revenge for Alejandro (who he thought was dead) and he took the girl as a way to carry out what his colleague wanted, but failed to do. The first movie has some cool parts but is nearly unwatchable at times due to Kate being an insufferable woman.
I honestly feel like the female lead role here was such a missed opportunity. They tried to make her some representation of honesty, order and integrity. However, in my opinion the role just made her represent some kind of weakness and fragility instead. I understand what they did, I understand why they did it, I understand how they did it. My point is still, that it could have been so much better and so much more interesting, if the role was allowed to truly submerge herself into that kind of subterfuge and allow it to mould her evolution throughout the movie. Maintaining what her position was in the beginning with her integrity and intuition in tact, though with a new edge, new knowledge and a new method of operating within the world as she now understands it. It was such a missed opportunity, instead of having a falling out with Alejandro and being shot, the lead could have somehow earned his trust, proved worthy enough to be brought along with him to the end and aid him in completing his personal mission as well as her professional one. That alone I think would have had a more interesting end than what was shown. That is how I see it for what it was and what was actually given.
I honestly think the character was just poorly written, Have you seen the movie Mosul (2019) there is a better version of Emily Blunt's character, a rookie police officer in Irak that joins a group of veteran soldiers. He is inexperienced and naive so he disagrees with some of the actions of his companions but eventually he understands them.
@@moic9704 Ill have to check that out. I agree poorly written mate. It really could have been a story of what it means to survive. Something, other than a meaningless amount of tears and a death threat.
I always assumed the Delta boys were using not as advanced equipment and such because they didn’t want to 1. Draw more attention to themselves and 2. Not give away how high level they really were in the event things did go down, since they aren’t supposed to be pretty much anywhere they went in the first place.
Mike Vining is perfect as a special forces operative because in 9/10 situations you would never see him any more than you'd see the wallpaper. Like seriously imagine describing him to a police sketch artist. "white, early 30s short hair, clean shave, dark glasses, and a button up shirt." You could pull 1000 of him off the streets in any city in America.
My biggest critique would be that "he's" not ghillied up, is completely silhouetted by the sky, and is only positioned to cover one side of the building.
Revenge thrives on the idea of complition. Even at the start of the thought, you can see the gathering of all strugles towards a goal.The end. So, one should go to the end.
Delta just decided that the cartel would be too easy if they used proper equipment, so they went in like the ultimate airsoft larp instead for the challenge
I think Kate wasn't so much of a character (I mean, she was .... but...) and that annoyance was intentional. I think she represented "the yang" (opposite of yin) of what it takes to get the war on drugs won. She was bureaucracy and law getting in the road of what it takes to ACTUALLY win against cartels. "To fight evil, you need to be evil" and all that. She was what was necessary to stop just becoming them.
Mike Vining/Steve Forsing: The training industry is chocked full of “nerds” who are bad ass mo-fo’s. In fact the nerds fit right in and are even appreciated. 🏴☠️
One of the important things to understand about Alejandro is that he doesn't work for the CIA. He works with the CIA. His actual employers are the Colombian Cartels who have CIA connections and mutual antipathy for the Mexican Cartels. He is an actual Sicario. That's why the film is titled Sicario.
I would say it's one of the most important things about the movie in general, because without that, a huge motivator for Emily Blunt's character is removed (her disdain for Brolin and Del Toro). She signed up on principle to destroy the cartels only to find out that she's being used in order to play political chess. It also adds a dose of cynical realism to be reminded that our government has done shit like this before and will continue to.
not according to the movie, they make it pretty clear that he pretends to work for anyone that will unleash him but at the end of the day takes orders from no one.
@@Imakebootysclapyeah, idk how much of a lone wolf, john wick, rambo type guy you are, you still need money to buy weapons, bullets for them and gear
Yeah It's been a while since I've watched Sicario, and I was kinda confused in the video, I thought him being a lawyer was just a cover up. He was in cartel and Mexicans killed his family. Can someone type the full story about Alejandro? Who is he actually?
@@niroracoon2981 he was a lawyer but now he works for anyone who will unleash him against the Mexican cartels.
Funny thing: they filmed Sicario here in the outskirts of Mexico City, because they did NOT want to risk filming anywhere near the US-Mexico border, SPECIALLY Ciudad Juárez.
@@ReubenPastramiJust so you know: The period goes before the end quotation mark.
They did film parts of the film in El Paso, near the border. You can clearly see a "Church" on top of a hill, which is famous due to a urban legend saying that a witch lives there. Also my family lives at the bottom of the hill.
@@Lorentz_Drivercrazy...I was taught if you put a single word in quotations, the period follows the quotation mark. I just looked it up and you are correct. I've been lied to half my damn life...
forget the actual border cities and go 20km back... not tijuana but playa rosarito.... etc. that's where they really ground stage
@@Lorentz_Driver Just letting you know you made a few grammatical errors, it should be "before the end OF THE quotation markS".
Reminds me of a quote from the Vince Flynn CIA clandestine service character, Mitch Rapp. “I don’t believe in revenge. I choose retribution. Revenge is more wild, less calculated...deeply personal. Retribution is a punishment that is morally right and fully deserved.”
Roughly.
Rapp is my spirit animal.
Some people plan revenge for years, maybe even decades. So part of that, at least, is incorrect.
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@@WaldoIsMissing Imagine spending your life letting someone hijack and squat inside your mind like that... One of the more dangerous and self destructive feminine tendencies that many men sadly possess, and even glorify in their confusion. If you need to get revenge on somebody, that means YOU already f*cked up somewhere along the way first.
There is such a thing as righteous indignation and justice.
Part of what makes this movie clever is the fact that it’s a story about Alejandro, but told from Kate’s (Emily Blunt) perspective. It was a creative way for the narrative keep its cards close to the chest until the big reveal at the end.
I watched this one recently on one of my streaming services and it quickly became one of my favorites as well.
It was great that they showed from her perspective. It’s basically us the naive viewer entering a hell hole
My favorite exchange is right before Alejandro goes to “waterboard” the Cartel Lieutenant, he runs into his former lawyer buddy in the hallway, who tells him “I’m sorry for what happened to you.” It’s easy to assume he meant what happened with Alejandro’s family, until you see him smoke the entire cartel boss’s kids. Upon further reflection, maybe that’s what he really meant, the monster that grief turned him into. I love double meanings like that.
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Wow. That was really astute. Even if it wasn't intended by the film's story staff, it's a powerful interpretation. I totally wouldn't have put that together in a million years.
I really like this take
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@@uuuultra i think this guy said "double meaning" when they meant interpretation. the replies seem to have unintentionally got it right
I always understood that Alejandro is killing the family to break the cycle of vengeance. If he leaves the kids alive they will just grow up to avenge their dad, and Alejandro obviously knows the lengths that vengeance will drive people too.
in short, he was smart enough to keep the number one and two headband, instead of that dumbass named justice who just...leaves it
Well. Thats his cynical, cold and calculated world view.
Yes.
I think it’s less that and more that it needs to look like a cartel hit and not a professional CIA hit. Granted idk what the difference between those would look like but everything they did in these movies was to cause fighting between the cartels. It’s not about his vengeance as much as his vengeance is being used by the Agency. Alejandro’s vengeance is just the cherry on top for the Agency lol
@@JoaoVictor-rg5ixit’s a cold world…
I work in casino security for southern Nevada/Northern Arizona. Only in the last few years have we becomes armed security. An increase in drug use and related violence has made it necessary and it surprises a lot of the guests. Just a couple weeks ago we had a group of people squatting in a room with multiple baggies of assorted drugs, including fentanyl. The world is changing faster and faster each day.
Stay safe fam. I armed security too.
So... is it true? Do yall know when we're armed? And do you not care as long as we are not "scaring the hoes"
That sounds like any Super 8 in Phx
The ATF might know of some UMP45s or MP7s in Mexico.
This is deadly good
The government gave them to the cartel
I’m sure the government knows plenty about the weaponry in Mexico legal or otherwise
Yeah they sent them there!
I hear "Fast and Furious" was a lame show
19:03 Please note that the 2015 Sicario movie may be taking place in the mid 2000's. Take a look at the Tahoe Convoy. Also refer to the kits and weapon mods. Also the fashion. Alejandros glasses etc. Fast forward to the second movie and everyone looks much older. Newer kits. Newer cars. Better tech. Modern fashion. Matt also states how the first method dint work when he was getting briefed by SECDEF. He stated that the game has changed from drugs to people (People modern day, Drugs up until late 2010's). I think these specific reasons is why the "drip" isnt good in 2015 Sicario. It's because people were still rocking beefy kits and Milspec M4's with older Eotechs/Aimpoints. Nobody was on the FAST gear trend yet. Please tell me if im wrong. Just a theory. @administrativeresults
That’s a solid point. If it was early 2000’s the baggy gear might make a little more sense
Yeah I always got the impression that this movie took place somewhere between 2005-2010, the gear would make sense then.
That was my take, GWAT in Iraq 04-07 we had chunky gear. Aside from fast companies and recon passing through, most of us looked like shit. Brand new A4s, ACOGs and PEQ2s and Interceptor Vests with ultra heavy plates.... AT4s and torn up saws way past their service life. I don't know if the NVGs or the plates were the worst part but it wasn't good, gen 1 SAAPIs were retarded and the NVGs were 14 or 7Bs and the bulk were the cyclops that ruined both eyes for one narrow picture.
Oh brand new boots that were slick on the bottom, that was great when wading through street sewage in "underprivileged areas".
Maybe but that Daniel defense rifle was not mid 2000s era
But some of the d boys have magpul rails and also in the mid 2000s they would be wearing lbt or eagle industries vests instead of the offbrand crye vests also they would wear those mich helmets and spray deasert painted pro tec helmets (rarley the seals did it more) instead of the ops core helmet also seen in the nvg scene also they would mostly wear aor1 and dcu camo they wore raid mod bdu tops crye g1 and crye ac uniforms but in the movie they wore offbrand airsoft multicam acu uniforms and the nvgs are off completely delta was using dual tube nvgs in the 90s nothing really alludes to it being in the 2000s other than the basic sopmod m4s used in the movie but delta was already using 416s by then
Also, Private Joker gets drafted into Vietnam, rises all the way to SecDef. What a career...
In-between these events he also becomes the leader of an MK ultra program with super powered children in Stranger Things this man gets around
Y'all over there thinking Oswald shot Kennedy. Somebody heard laughter from the grassy knoll.
Your forgot he was also high school state champion wrestler dating his family’s gorgeous 10-15 year older than him gorgeous woman house guest.
And the pilot of Memphis Belle...
Meanwhile, Pvt Cowboy becomes owner of the Boston Red Sox.
“Why are we talking about Sicario?”
Because it’s one of the most banger films of the last 10 years. Yaaaaaaasssss
just watched it yesterday, and i hope i forget about it, to watch it for the first time again
Based…
man i desperately have to keep from saying anything i like is the "best x"
the main thing with Alejandro gillick is that his life was so torn apart by the cartel that his mind stopped thinking about civilian life .
he took his life and his main story is not working 9-5 and living the normal life , but to find and eliminate every enemy by his own ethos .
its like creating a monster and unleashing him on the ones that made him that monster .
look about his moral code , there is no right or wrong there is a clear goal .
even after he took down the cartel boss he continued on to finish off everything they represent .
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the reason he cleaned out his family is that without emotions or moral involved he knows that the enterprise will live on with his family so he killed the entire wolf pack .
Plate carrier off: Admin does your taxes.
Plate carrier on: Admin does your "taxes".
The Auditor is the last man you ever want to see...
More like collects your "taxes."
Bro is cool but he's a redcoat.
Wesley Snipes does my taxes
I absolutely love Taylor Sheridan's early work Sicario 1%2, Wind River, and Hell or High Water are my favorite movies
Hell or High Water. Thumbs up.
The English speaking kind hearted Comanche are my favorite 😂
@@adrianestrada9799 hell yeah!!
God bless Walmart for selling them all together for $5
Wind River was an absolute banger, @Admin do a video on that one next
They did have a spin off show for Steve. It was called "Burn Notice" and it was possibly the coolest show ever. Steve's real name is actually Michael Weston, he was obviously operating under an alias during the events of Sicario!
You can’t be serious
@@DawnKing Hahaha what? It makes perfect sense! They're basicly the same person!
Burn Notice was a great 2010’s show.
I was waiting for someone to catch this. Haha.
I grew up watching Magnum PI as a kid and loved Burn Notice as an adult because it had the same vibe. lol. Took me back.
There was a video breakdown that Larry vickers did on his channel of this film. When they introduced the delta operators he pointed out that the actors were most likely taught by seals advisors due to their kit, mainly that they were using drop leg holsters vs low riding holsters, and the overall movements and tactics used.
For those who don't know (or forgot), Vickers was Delta.
You mean drop leg Vs belt holster ?
@terminator9099 not sure the technical name, it is a belt holster but it sits lower to allow an easier draw
It’s a low ride belt holster, they should sit right under your plate carrier armor enough to draw without hitting your armor. A drop leg is literally a “holster dropped down to your leg.”
Team guys in the navy aren't running drop-leg holsters. Vickers clearly hasn't been keeping up with the teams since his day.
Amazing video, watched it all in one sitting.
If you're accepting recommendations i would love to hear your take on The Way of the Gun, it's one of my favourites 😊
Bad Ass Movie! BAM! Good choice sir!
@@charlessalmond7076 i saw it as a kid and instantly loved it!
Best movie
Going to watch it tonight thank ms for the recommendation
one of the best of all time.
I have encountered FBI Agents in my 20 years before I retired. I wasn’t impressed. The first one showed up at our Border Patrol station in a tropical shirt, Bermuda shorts,, a hat and a fag bag, because we arrested a Cuban. He announced in a whiny voice announced, “Does anyone speak Spanish?” This was back in the OG days when speaking Spanish meant you were still employed. I replied in a History of the World reply, “No!-vee all speak French!”
My second encounter was when I was an ICE (later reprimanded HSI)SSA on a VCAS Fusion team dealing with illegal gangs.
I was summoned to the FBI puzzle palace and wasn’t even given the courtesy of being allowed past the past the general entrance. This guy was dressed okay, not Agent Smith from the matrix suit or anything. He wanted to pump me for MS-13 intelligence about them moving into Northern NM.
1. There were a lot of neighborhoods filled with groups in the 100’s (not MS-13). 2. If there were, I wasn’t going to hand it over to this clown who didn’t give me the courtesy as another SSA, nor do the FBI stretch of patting himself on the back based on my work.
Long story short, having watched the X-Files when they were out, I was sorely unimpressed with reality.
One thing that makes Sicario so good is how plausible and grounded it really is. Based on the events in the movie and what occurs, it would be reasonable for the US government to respond the way it does in the movie. The characters within the movie are the little gears in the big machine.
I honestly hope I never have to answer the question. Revenge is ugly, but it can also be an unavoidable temptation.
Justice is no substitute for revenge.
There is no justice in this life, there can only be vengeance.
Justice can be attained though highly methodical vengeance. (There will always be a price to pay)
There is no justice, Just Us!
True criminal justice only exists in a monoculture without corruption. Even our rudimentary concept of "justice" in the United States functionally amounts to the victim(s) of a crime literally paying - through taxes - for the offending party to be placed in a glorified version of "time out".
In the real world - full of plea deals and activist players in the judicial system - justice can only be achieved through more direct means.
That being said, I already know exactly what I would do should some degenerate take my wife and son from me; what the movie depicts here isn't even in the same ballpark.
It helps to fear neither God, Satan, nor any man.
Secario is a trick movie. We are meant to think it’s Kate’s story, but it’s actually Alejandro’s story all along, as seen through Kate’s eyes. Kate tells us Alejandro’s tale from the point of view of an honest cop, shocked and ultimately broken by the experience. That’s why it’s a great movie.
Is it anything like the movie "Sicario"?
@@mattmarzula : Never heard of it.
Perhaps the real story was the friends we made along the way.
Admin you may not be able to find a UMP 45 buried under the Arizona sun but knowing the city well, I almost guarantee there's a few Draco's out there under the sand.
What about in the…Narcan? No ones going to be doing or possess whats marked Narcan willingly.
There on display in government marked buildings near me, you?
Made my family watch it while rained in one day on vacation. Paused it every time someone got up. They were like "you don't have to stop it". And I was like "No, we'll wait"... I get serious about making others watch quality flicks in their entirety. This vid is greatly appreciated.
Lol I hate when people do that when you're showing them a film, or they're in their phone. So annoying.
"You don't have to stop it"
"And you don't have to disrespect Benicio Del Toro by giving into your bodily urges ever 5 minutes but here we are"
See, another example of not all heros wear capes. Good man
@@aidenarkhami would just turn off the movie,its highly disrespectful and shows somebody dont care about the movie and your taste. But i dont hangout with people that dont share my interests anyway except women (pump and dump)
They're rude and childish@@aidenarkham
I have a feeling that simply thinking in terms of “what would you do if your family was killed” doesn’t quite cover having your kid melted in acid while she’s alive. I’m pretty sure anyone would do monstrous things to the ones responsible after that. Alejandro was way too lenient and merciful with the speed he did what he did.
An interesting exchange from the first one was at the end when Alejandro tells Kate she needs to move to a small town where the law still matters. Kind of encapsulates her philosophy as an idealist
I like the subtle hint of colors
Kate was in the lit side of the room
While Alejandro was in the dark side
It shows their differences
Kate is an honest law enforcer and Idealist
While
Alejandro was once a honest prosecutor
Who became a sicario because of what happened to his family.
The cartels were operating in the Border City I worked in the Border Patrol. The signature hit were full auto AK’s and they didn’t give an F day or night.
They just lit up some hood mule for loosing weed. Sadly, they also hit some of the SOG guys I detailed with when they were running a UC vehicle. The brass tried to keep it on the DL, just like when the Mexican Military crossed in a high drug area into the United States with full on weapons of war. The SRT guys ambushed them. Billy Boy Clinton ordered them released and allowed to cross back over the Rio Grande with all their heavy weapons to shoot at Agents on a different day.
The brass lied to the media, who were corrupted anyway.
Fun fact, Steve did have his own show. After the events of Sicario he got burned by the CIA and had to spend his 'retirement' in Florida dealing with his mother.
Hahaha
Burn notice, fantastic series!
Haha great
Idk why but cartel movies are always bangers. Sicario 1&2, A Man Apart, Man on Fire... Triple Frontier had so much potential but they goofed up the plot
Ough I love triple frontier sm
Traffic was also pretty dope
On the subject of morality, i know a guy who lived some very similar things to alejandro, but he went the other path, and built a new family and now his profession is one of healing pain. The life he lost and the tragedy of losing a family didnt stop him, and now, with a new family and countless people blessed by what he does in very tangible ways. He arguably defeated a much hard beast to conquer, the man is a hero. I find it an interesting parody.
Honestly Jeffrey Donovan( Steve Forsing) is what drew me to this movie. Grew up watching Burn Notice, granted it had it's faults, but was overall a good series. Jeffrey Is a great actor who's gone through struggles.
I always wondered if that was worth watching. Think it holds up?
@@hob976 its a fun ride
It's a good spy show. Dudes basically mcgyver but with spy shit. @@hob976
First saw him on, what would eventually became my most fave war film; When Trumpets Fade. So it's an odd surprise to stumble onto him seeing movies like Sicario 1 & 2, and Wrath of Man.
@@hob976 I enjoyed it. It has it's flaws, but most shows do. It got very dark towards the end.
The Steve Forsing show already happened, and was caller 'Burn Notice' lol
Coming soon. Sicario 3: Deadly Forsing.
This movie was so underrated and was phenomenal. Vickers actually does a break down on realism of this movie. Appreciate doing another break down brother man!
love your Jeffery Donovan / Steve Forsing outfit. Admin always rocking great fits
“Hey your mom called again”
"To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred." -Pierre Corneille
Had to get an MP5 setup cause of the Mexican Border scene. Always loved this movie.
dude that's awesome I made an AR build because of the border scene
@@duncasaur5074 the movie all together is just a vibe
before he even started talking i was like "oh he looks like that one guy from sicario" and not even a few seconds later.. love it
This is one of my favorite videos that you’ve done, admin. I watched another YT video a few days ago about Sicario, basically detailing the fact that Alejandro is the protagonist, even though the majority of the story is told from Kate’s perspective. I like the bar scene where Kate meets Shane, mainly because of the song playing in the background, Half Empty by Keith Gattis. ‘There’s somethin bout the whiskey, it goes down good with Haggard songs, yeah this glass might be half empty, oh but it won’t be for long”. Great tune that I can’t find streaming anywhere. Nice job again, admin.
Thinking Kate is annoying in Sicario is weird to me personally, i feel she is too naive yes but that is her role, a straight honest cop being confronted with the harsh reality of the drug war.
Loved the video regardless!
Agreed.
Exactly, she’s representative of the naivety of believing the system is right and just, when in reality behind the curtain the government is just as evil, ruthless, and disgusting as the cartels.
It’s the dream of a wise noble system versus the ugly reality
Totally agreed
I live vicariously through these movies.
As one who worked undercover in the "War On Drugs" you have no idea how much I wanted to go full Scicario. Alas, I admit we have lost this war. The state I live in has essentially decriminalized the very drugs I was trying to get off the streets. It was very frustrating.
But, I enjoyed these movies and others.
Being a grandfather I am trying to influence my grandchildren the best I can. Two are in college across the country so don't have much contact with them but one is close, and young. His parents are anti-gun but I've been given permission to teach him! He got a Red Ryder for Christmas. He loves helping me reload.
Maybe there is hope.
Hold fast pops, don't despair or give up all hope on the youth (at least not yet anyways); I see stuff happening all the time, almost every single day which not only greatly frustrates, confuses and/or discourages me, but most of all, leaves me with the strong feelings of very little to virtually no hope or optimism for our newer, up & coming younger generation(s)... but every now & then I come across someone such as yourself, and that, coupled with how I raise my kids and now seeing how they're turning out, are the very things that leave me optimistic & positive that there is perhaps still valid hope for us & them... stay steady, keep doing exactly what you're doing... that's all guys like us really can do. Oh and btw... the very first "firearm" I ever got as a kid, and subsequently got for my son when he was old enough, was precisely that sir: a Red Ryder .177 cal lever-action BB gun. Ahh... a man after my own heart! Stay frosty, and Semper Fi sir. Weapons Free
The war on drugs was doomed from the start. There’s no way to police morality, people want what they want. As long as there is demand there will be a cartel
Sounds like the "parents" are some card carrying dingleberries. Sorry, not sorry. Guns are tools, and nothing more. If theyre anti-gun, they better be anti-sword, anti-axe, anti-baseball bat, anti-hatchet, anti bow and arrow, etc. Sorry, probably one of them is your kid, but i refuse to let my children ve qeak or ignorant. If they wish to bot own a gun? Thats on them, and i will give them an earful over it. But to be literally "anti-gun"? Id have major issues with that. I cant expect my 40lb daighter to beat up 40lb boys in her class, i should expect her to beat em up wheb shes 120 and theyre 250+? Gun rigthts are womens rights. Guns are the ONLY thing that has actually kept america safe from invasion until this recent "passive" invasion thats being done. I mean f*ck, in the 80-90s you could afford to be anti-gun, there was a good chanc nothing bad will happen to you. Nowadays? Nah. Im not letting my family drop off like that. And if someone should happen to hurt them at some point, it will get handled one way or another.
Interesting perspective r.e. the Delta gear breakdown…however as the team are operating incognito they wouldn’t want to look ‘Delta’ with all the Gucci kit. Hence they’d probably be running kit that doesn’t scream ‘top tier’ government unit? IDK just my opinion
Just… no. All wrong.
they Look like Tier 1 fucking Operators , think of Us Navy Seal and a green beret ? there squared away and funded and there tier 2 SOF , if they got Quad Nods and look sexier than a Sof element , seals , Sarcs , Eod , swccs, Rangers , green berets , Pjs if they look better than those guys there tier 1s 😂 but sometomes it woilf be the last guy in the room youd auspect hea a deadly elite assasin
If its Multicam or Woodland its either Army or USAF smus
if its A0R2 Its USMC
If its marpat or A0R1 its /Navy/ seals /Navy /Devgru
I watched the first twenty minutes of this video and then stopped to watch BOTH Sicario movies back to back before I finished this. Glad I did. Excellent films!
one point you didnt touch on with how hardcore steve was is when they watched alejandro get shot from the blackhawk (because they were going to smoke him themselves) you can see how it fucked with matt and steve just says "cool saved us the work" and isn't bothered at all.
Steve Farsing is a ride or die homie
Sicario is a top tier movie for sure. I've seen it at least like 5 times
When promotional material came out for Sicario 2 I had zero expectations that it would be any good. The trailers made it look like a formula action movie and cash grab. I watched it anyway and, while it was not as good as the first, it was waaay better than I expected. Worth it, imo.
30:15 - CIA: "We are here to stop evil."
And that's where the movie loses me. Can't suspend that much disbelief.
Let's not forget the score. The low droning in the build up on the walk in building the tension... love it
Oh boy a long one. Going to have to get some refreshments in for this bad boy
Steve Forsing is the man you want covering you when things "Go Loud"
#NuffSaid
10:20 that is a very interesting use of particular stock footage right there. How interesting.
You are doing such a great job. Looks like, your movie reviews are getting better than your gun reviews.
Besides, the love and emotion you put into both of them is really incredible.
It’s obvious you’re just doing what you really want to do.
All the best for you and your family.
Sending my deepest respect to you from Germany.
Steve forsing character is based off William F. "Bill" Cronin III who is in the picture of security detail during Operation Desert Storm. He began his career with the United States Army serving with Special Forces units, including close to 15 years with Delta Force. Mike vinning also stated this, sorry to poke holes love your content
Thank you for saying this as well. I've comment this same thing. Cronin gets mistaken for Vinny I feel because they both look un assuming and not intimidating. Although Mike was on the ground during desert storm he was not part of Schwarzkopf's security detail.
Cronin has dark black hair, Vining has sandy hair... But wear glasses and they get confused. It's the Clark Kent / Superman trick. They definitely look different in facial features too... And Vining smiles more.
Love how in depth you went with this. The extra info and context is great.
Josh brolin going from skinny fat in the first movie to a jacked bearded guy in the 2nd movie was peak if you ask me
We need a Sheridan Villanueve part 3 badly. Finish this trilogy in style
Someone probably brought it up already but that character you speak of was actually William "Bill" Cronin he was the operator on that security deal getting off the bird.
Admin, I can't believe you got Jeff Donovan to host this episode. You're really making a name for yourself, and drawing great talent. Keep up the good work.
I love the discount Mike Vinning look.
21:16 imagine you’re some dude trying to smuggle 60 Percs back over the border in grammas empty bottle and seeing ol’ Benicio tracking you with a plugged M4 whilst being tracked by a camera dolly.
“Damn. Shoulda got 90.”
heres something fun to do.. watch "end of watch" then "sicario" then "triple frontier" then "sicario: day of the soldado" in that order. you're welcome! it makes for a unique kind of anthology series.
I fucking love the Sicario movies. I personally think the gear discrepancies were fixed more in the next movie as gun culture became more mainstream.
Also side note about Mike Vinning, that picture of the Operators doing PSD around the helicopter is actually not him, just another guy who looked like him. Vinning and his friend Dennis Wolfe are considered the fathers of Special Operations EOD. Vinning is also, as far as I know, the only EOD tech to have a combat infantryman badge since when he came back to Delta, he changed his job in order to be promoted in the unit.
All in all, great video my man, hope you do more of these!
My favorite movie is by the same Director, being wind river. While wind river is darker and sadder the ending is just so satisfying.
Sicario is based.
Nothing cooler than the Guys who look like Office workes but who could fuck you up at any Second.
As someone who lived in El Paso around the time, that is what we call another day in the neighborhood 😊
Great video by the way. Steve is a forever vibe.
10:16 Thank you Admin I didn't even know I needed that.
Oldboy the OG Korean version is a revenge story that still gives me chills since 2003.
Man idc I love these sicario movies. super gritty, no dumb dialogue and very tense
Sad reality, and this is the way of the wolf logic in the first film,Alejandro killing the leader's wife and kids, is so one can be the new leader, wiping the bloodline off the slate, and so the kids can't get revenge on Alejandro.
Sicario holds the title of "Movie that changed my mind the most" and "Favorite shot in any film, ever, period, dot, full stop" for me.
Sicario showed me that America no longer operates by its own rules, and has no problem lying to the public via plausible deniability in the aim of letting the intelligence apparatus run amok both inside and outside CONUS.
My favorite shot from any movie, ever, is the sequence of the Delta operators lowering their IR goggles, one by one, descending into the darkness until every one of them submerges into it.
*THAT* is filmmaking right there.
It took a movie for you to realize "America no longer operates by its own rules"? It wasn't Ruby Ridge, Waco, the D.A.R.E Bombing, MkUltra, COINTELPRO, Operation Mockingbird, no it wasn't any of that it was a fucking movie.
@@user-ii9vn6vo6k That's the American way. If a movie wasn't made about it, then it's not worth knowing.
I also think Matt didn’t bring Reggie is because he was in the military and would have a good understanding of what a black ops type mission would look like if he went to Juarez with them but Kate wanted him to be there afterwards so Matt brought him.
I think Alejandro using SMGs through the movie as well as a lot of his kit being black is a subtle way of saying he was a police officer before becoming a prosecutor giving him a foundation for the CIA to improve on
I love the scene in Sicario 2 when Forsing is stealing the hotel shampoo/lotion/soaps and packing them up.
Sergeant Major Vining is a very real man. The picture with Schwarzkopf is not SGM Vining.
At the end, when he held the gun to her head and forced her to sign that paper, I think he did that for her, so she could tell her self the only reason she did it was to survive. To help her alleviate some of the guilt.
I think Sicario 3 should be about Alejandro’s back story and then him training the kid to become an assassin prodigy.. and they hunt the cartels and purge evil together in the sweetest high speed kit and gear..
Before Alejandro goes into the house he get a callout that says " 6 targets remain " he takes out the guy at the door (1) He ignors the maid (2) kills the wife and two kids (5) then the final boss Falcrony (6) I always thought that was interesting that he left the maid alive
I love the consistency of people's love for the one character in the movie... Mr. Burn Notice himself haha
bro, drone striking someone family as a form of torture is the most amarican thing ive ever heard
Man this is a scary review/analysis. I'm an older guy - not a "gun guy" by any means (though I acknowledge the need for such people in any society) - who loves Villeneuve's films and their moral ambiguity that doesn’t preach to you but lets YOU decide what you think about what you've seen and what it makes you feel.
Villeneuve (also NOT a "gun guy") might take this as a compliment, but I'm struck by how many "gun guys" glory in the raw violence of Sicario (and in Alejandro's revenge) when all I see in the film is the futility of the so-called "war on drugs" and the human tragedy of the shell of a man that is Alejandro.
Delta doesn't show up to take your lunch, Delta shows up to take your ability to eat lunch
Kate was a key part of the movie. Sicario showed that there are no good guys in the war on drugs. Her role of being a morale compass and ultimately failing is the driver for that. Also a reference point for "normalcy" Its the reason it's not an 80's shoot 'em up and why the sequel wasn't as good without her in it.
Omg… the character that you are dressed like is my f’ing fave!!! The way he talks about the brilliance of what the cartels do… he’s a brilliant character that has a relatively small role, but it is so clear that he operates. Thanks for this awesome video!!!
Interestingly, that famous pic of the guy in the white shirt on Schwartzkofs security is not Mike Vinnig. Confirmed by the man himself to be a good friend of his, Bill Cronin. Fun fact most don’t know. They just have an uncanny resemblance.
The bee's knees. The cats pajamas. The dogs paws. Big and bad. Large and in charge.
The 2nd one was far superior. The helicopter extraction scene was so impactful because Matt Graver was getting revenge for Alejandro (who he thought was dead) and he took the girl as a way to carry out what his colleague wanted, but failed to do. The first movie has some cool parts but is nearly unwatchable at times due to Kate being an insufferable woman.
I honestly feel like the female lead role here was such a missed opportunity. They tried to make her some representation of honesty, order and integrity. However, in my opinion the role just made her represent some kind of weakness and fragility instead. I understand what they did, I understand why they did it, I understand how they did it. My point is still, that it could have been so much better and so much more interesting, if the role was allowed to truly submerge herself into that kind of subterfuge and allow it to mould her evolution throughout the movie. Maintaining what her position was in the beginning with her integrity and intuition in tact, though with a new edge, new knowledge and a new method of operating within the world as she now understands it. It was such a missed opportunity, instead of having a falling out with Alejandro and being shot, the lead could have somehow earned his trust, proved worthy enough to be brought along with him to the end and aid him in completing his personal mission as well as her professional one. That alone I think would have had a more interesting end than what was shown. That is how I see it for what it was and what was actually given.
I honestly think the character was just poorly written, Have you seen the movie Mosul (2019) there is a better version of Emily Blunt's character, a rookie police officer in Irak that joins a group of veteran soldiers. He is inexperienced and naive so he disagrees with some of the actions of his companions but eventually he understands them.
@@moic9704 Ill have to check that out. I agree poorly written mate. It really could have been a story of what it means to survive. Something, other than a meaningless amount of tears and a death threat.
I always assumed the Delta boys were using not as advanced equipment and such because they didn’t want to 1. Draw more attention to themselves and 2. Not give away how high level they really were in the event things did go down, since they aren’t supposed to be pretty much anywhere they went in the first place.
The part where they go "Delta team could you identify yourselves.." in the briefing, that's the funnies shit in the movie.
I love how everybody loves Jeffrey Donovan's character
Him being Michael Weston for years helped sell that character for me
Also, that is Michael Weston! He’s a burned cia agent who got burned and had to live in Miami. Hes from a show called burn notice.
"revenge is a fools game" - Tacitus Kilgore
Mike Vining is perfect as a special forces operative because in 9/10 situations you would never see him any more than you'd see the wallpaper. Like seriously imagine describing him to a police sketch artist. "white, early 30s short hair, clean shave, dark glasses, and a button up shirt." You could pull 1000 of him off the streets in any city in America.
My biggest critique would be that "he's" not ghillied up, is completely silhouetted by the sky, and is only positioned to cover one side of the building.
"shake your Djibouti" made me laugh more than it should've
Revenge thrives on the idea of complition. Even at the start of the thought, you can see the gathering of all strugles towards a goal.The end. So, one should go to the end.
Just one thing.
Alejandro wants revenge for his family and for that, now Emilio's son is orphan.
Delta just decided that the cartel would be too easy if they used proper equipment, so they went in like the ultimate airsoft larp instead for the challenge
My favorite protocol is removal of helmet during the tunnel raid. I practice that all the time
I think Kate wasn't so much of a character (I mean, she was .... but...) and that annoyance was intentional. I think she represented "the yang" (opposite of yin) of what it takes to get the war on drugs won. She was bureaucracy and law getting in the road of what it takes to ACTUALLY win against cartels. "To fight evil, you need to be evil" and all that. She was what was necessary to stop just becoming them.
Mike Vining/Steve Forsing:
The training industry is chocked full of “nerds” who are bad ass mo-fo’s. In fact the nerds fit right in and are even appreciated. 🏴☠️